# Incident 20050821026189I: Cessna 182A, Marana, AZ, August 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2005, 15:45 local time
- Place: Marana, AZ
- Airport: Marana Northwest Regnl Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.4367° N, 111.2254° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marana, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4367&lon=-111.2254&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5965B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5965B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050821026189I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) STUDENT SKYDIVER ON HIS SECOND STATIC LINE JUMP DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE INTENTION TO PERFORM A PRACTICE "DUMMY RIPCORD" PULL DURING THE STATIC LINE PORTION OF THE JUMP. HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT 3,000 FT AGL AND EXHIBITED GOOD BODY POSITION UPON RELEASE FROM AIRCRAFT. THE STATIC LINE PLAYED OUT AND BEGAN NORMAL DEPLOYMENT OF MAIN CANOPY. AT APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS INTO THE JUMP THE STUDENT REACHED FOR THE "DUMMY RIPCORD." HE GRABBED THE MAIN CANOPY CUT-AWAY HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE "DUMMY RIPCORD" AND PULLED IT. AS THE JUMPER FELL AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE MAIN CANOPY LINES BECAME FULLY EXTENDED. THE JUMPERS BODY BEGAN ROTATING/FLIPPING BACKWARDS, AND THE MAIN CANOPY RELEASE MECHANISM DISENGAGED THE CANOPY LINES FROM THE HARNESS. THIS ALLOWED THE JUMPER TO FALL AWAY FROM THE MAIN CANOPY. THE RESERVE STATIC LINE ATTACHED TO THE MAIN CANOPY LINES PULLED THE RESERVE PILOT CHUTE FROM THE HARNESS/CONTAINER. THE RESERVE PILOT CHUTE DEPLOYED THE RESERVE BRIDLE CORD AND ATTACHED "FREE BAG". BECAUSE OF THE JUMPER'S BODY ROTATION AND POSITION IN RELATION TO THE RESERVE BRIDLE CORD DEPLOYMENT, HIS RIGHT FOOT BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE BRIDLE CORD AS IT WAS EXTENDING. THIS ENTANGLEMENT CAUSED THE RESERVE CANOPY TO HALT IN ITS DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE. THE BRIDLE CORD WAS CAUGHT AT A LENGTH WHICH DID NOT ALLOW THE RESERVE CANOPY TO BE EXTRACTED FROM THE HARNESS/CONTAINER SUFFICIENTLY TO CLEAR FROM THE RESERVE "FREE BAG". THE JUMPER IMPACTED THE GROUND WITH THE RESERVE BRIDLE CORD ENTANGLED WITH HIS LEG. THE JUMPER DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED WHEN HE IMPACTED WITH THE GROUND.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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